Correction, Please!
Ostensibly Setting Sights on Rich, Progressives Hope to Hit Middle Class
Item: Writing in the New York Times for October 8, in an article entitled “The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You,” Times columnist David Leonhardt alleged that for the “first time on record, the 400 wealthiest Americans last year paid a lower total tax rate — spanning federal, state and local taxes — than any other income group,” citing “newly released” data. The data came from a book called The Triumph of Injustice, by economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, both professors at the University of California, Berkeley.
Item: A video clip carried by MSNBC on August 1 carried a typical charge made by former Vice President Joe Biden during his ongoing presidential campaign. Disregarding the generally strong U.S. economic performance under Donald Trump, Biden implausibly maintains that the “economy, as well as the soul of this country, is collapsing because of this presidency.”
Item: Also on August 1, following early Democratic debates, the New York Times essentially offered recommendations on how to beat Donald Trump, in a piece called “How Democrats Will Attack Trump on the Economy.” Amid its suggestions, the establishment paper noted that the candidates have been assailing “Trump’s record on trade, tax cuts and wage growth, accusing him of perpetuating economic inequality and a ‘rigged’ system that favors the wealthy and powerful. It was a preview of the economic arguments to be made as the 2020 race escalates.”
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